Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto

Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Miguel Cotto, billed as Ring Kings, was a Boxing Junior Middleweight bout held on May 5, 2012, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.[1] Mayweather won the fight by unanimous decision in what was deemed to be a clear, but very competitive and exciting victory for Floyd.

Ring Kings
DateMay 5, 2012
VenueMGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Title(s) on the lineWBA Super & WBC Diamond Light middleweight titles on the line
Tale of the tape
Boxer Floyd Mayweather Miguel Cotto
Nickname Money Junito
Hometown Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Caguas, Puerto Rico
Pre-fight record 42–0–0 (26 KO) 37–2–0 (30 KO)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Recognition WBC Welterweight Champion.
The Ring Magazine #2 P4P Fighter.		 WBA Junior Middleweight Champion.
Result
Mayweather wins by unanimous decision

Drug Testing

Both fighters agreed to random blood and urine testing for the fight, which Mayweather has demanded of his recent opponents.[2]

Background

Mayweather

There was immediate speculation as to whom Mayweather would fight. Many felt that he should fight eight division champion, Manny Pacquiao. Indeed Mayweather called out Pacquiao via Twitter.[3] Negotiations for the fight hit the wall, however, when there were arguments over the venue[4] and how the money from the fight should be split.[5]

Mayweather has had one previous fight in the 154-pound division, which was when he outpointed Oscar De La Hoya to win a belt in May 2007.

Mayweather reclaimed one of his old welterweight titles by knocking out Victor Ortiz controversially in the fourth round at the MGM Grand on Sept. 17, 2011.[6]

Cotto

Cotto, who will be making the third defense of his title, will be in a fight without Top Rank as his promoter for the first time in his career. His contract with Bob Arum's company expired following his Dec. 3 revenge, 10th-round knockout victory against Antonio Margarito and he will be working with Golden Boy Promotions, Top Rank's archrival, on the fight with Mayweather.

Reported fight earnings
  • Floyd Mayweather Jr. guaranteed $45 million vs. Miguel Angel Cotto $8 million
  • Shane Mosley $750,000 vs. Canelo Álvarez $2 million

The fight drew 1.5 Million pay per view buys.[7]

Main card

Mayweather wins by UD with scores of 118-110 and 117-111 twice.[8]

Alvarez wins by UD with scores of 119-109 twice and 118-110.[9]

Vargas wins by UD with scores of 100-90, 98-92 and 97-93.[10]

Quintana wins by KO (6)

Preliminary card

Thurman wins by TKO (3)

  • Featherweight bout: Braulio Santos vs Juan Sandoval
  • Lightweight bout: Jeffrey Fontanez vs Benna Acaba
  • Lightweight bout: Omar Figueroa vs Robbie Cannon
  • Welterweight bout: Antonio Orozco vs Dillet Frederick

International broadcasting
Country Broadcaster
 AustraliaMain Event
 BelgiumBe Sport 1
 BrazilSporTV
 BulgariaSport Plus HD
 CanadaViewers Choice
 Czech RepublicSport 1
 DenmarkTV 2 Sport
 EstoniaViasat Sport Baltic
 FinlandViasat Sport
 FranceCanal+
 HungarySport 1
 IsraelSport 1 HD
 JapanWOWOW
 LatviaViasat Sport Baltic
 LithuaniaViasat Sport Baltic
 MalaysiaAstro SuperSport
 MexicoTelevisa
 New ZealandSky
 NorwayViasat Sport
 PhilippinesSolar Sports TV5

and AKTV on IBC

 QatarAl Jazeera Sports
 RomaniaSport.ro
 RussiaNTV Plus
 SingaporeSuperSports
 SlovakiaSport 1
 South AfricaSuperSport
 SwedenTV10
 ThailandTrueVisions
 UkraineInter
 United KingdomBoxNation
 United StatesHBO PPV
 VenezuelaMeridiano

Notes
  1. Mayweather vs Cotto Confirmed For May 5th at MGM Grand – Boxing News. Boxingscene.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-06.
  2. Floyd Mayweather Jr. granted license to fight Miguel Cotto – ESPN. Espn.go.com (2012-02-02). Retrieved on 2012-05-06.
  3. Mayweather calls out Pacquiao on Twitter – Boxing – Yahoo! Sports. Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-06.
  4. Mayweather and Pacquiao had phone conversation | Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao. Mayweathervspacquiaofight.net. Retrieved on 2012-05-06.
  5. Christ, Scott. (2012-01-20) Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: Mayweather Won't Give Pacquiao a 50–50 Split. Bad Left Hook. Retrieved on 2012-05-06.
  6. Rafael, Dan. (2012-02-01) Floyd Mayweather to fight Miguel Cotto. ESPN. Retrieved on 2012-02-01.
  7. https://www.facebook.com/floydmayweather/posts/233530213422960
  8. "BoxRec - Floyd Mayweather Jr". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  9. "Saul Alvarez vs. Shane Mosley - BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
  10. "Jessie Vargas vs. Steve Forbes - BoxRec". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
Preceded by
vs. Victor Ortiz		 Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s bouts
May 5, 2012		 Succeeded by
vs. Robert Guerrero
Preceded by
vs. Antonio Margarito		 Miguel Cotto's bouts
May 5, 2012		 Succeeded by
vs. Austin Trout
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